"In Washington, patients outside of urban centers often travel long distances to get basic health care, and researchers and providers say the impact — on everything from dementia treatment to maternity care — can lead to worse patient outcomes and delays in treatment." This is one of the many reasons why we support better rail service. https://crosscut.com/news/2024/03/rural-washington-patients-travel-hours-basic-healthcare

Washington state is no stranger to bridge disasters
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/washington-state-is-no-stranger-to-bridge-disasters/

Notice how Amtrak Cascades always posts Talgos? #AmtrakCascades #PassengerRail #Tacoma

Dave Rowe's letter to the editor in The Reflector. https://thereflector.com/stories/letter-to-the-editor-interstate-bridge-replacement-program-has-not-studied-all-options,336670

“Gary Wirt, a Yakima resident and board member of All Aboard Washington, said that Yakima’s inclusion in the latest Federal Railroad Administration concepts was encouraging, but future passenger service would ultimately depend on federal funding.…Rail service through Yakima to Seattle would result in improvements to rail infrastructure over Stampede Pass, near Interstate 90, which could allow more convenient local trains in addition to long-distance rail service.” https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/federal-study-includes-passenger-rail-service-in-yakima-but-those-trains-are-far-away/article_3f30efb0-e09c-11ee-892c-7b44a3609647.html

Thanks to our supporters we were able to raise $6830.34 during our fundraiser in January and February. With matching, this brings $20,491.02 directly to All Aboard Washington. This money helps support our work to improve rail service throughout the state of Washington and bring it to more places. We rely on your continued support.

Please make a recurring or one-time donation at https://aawa.us/support #PassengerRail #WashingtonState #Donate

Please join us for the @aawa General Meeting, 10:00AM, Saturday, April 13, 2024. Our speaker will be J. Craig Thorpe, noted railroad artist and author of Railroads, Art and American Life: An Artist’s Memoir (Indiana University Press, 2023). The meeting will be held at the Capitol Hill Branch of The Seattle Public Library.

Please note that this meeting will begin at 10:00AM, due to availability of the library. Advance registration required at https://aawa.us/events/general-meeting-april-2024/ #PassengerRail #Rail #Seattle

AAWA supports serving the Yakima Valley-Stampede Pass route via Spokane, southern Montana and points east, as well as via the Tri-Cities, eastern Oregon, Boise, Salt Lake City, and Denver. https://www.aawa.us/news/posts/aawas-comments-to-the-fra-long-distance-study/ #PassengerRail #WashingtonState #Oregon #GreaterNW

From @urbanistorg “We support efforts to expand and improve intercity passenger rail service in the Pacific Northwest. Many of our readers do, too, based on the popularity of our recent article on proposed Amtrak route expansions in the region.…both conventional and high-speed rail should see investment and improvements as soon as possible.” https://www.theurbanist.org/2024/02/25/announcing-the-urbanists-2024-advocacy-agenda/ #PassengerRail #GreaterNW